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starve
[ stahrv ]
verb (used without object)
- to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger.
- to suffer from extreme poverty and need.
- to feel a strong need or desire:
The child was starving for affection.
- Chiefly British Dialect. to perish or suffer extremely from cold.
- Obsolete. to die.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- to subdue, or force to some condition or action, by hunger:
to starve a besieged garrison into a surrender.
- to cause to suffer for lack of something needed or craved.
- Chiefly British Dialect. to cause to perish, or to suffer extremely, from cold.
starve
/ ɑː /
verb
- to die or cause to die from lack of food
- to deprive (a person or animal) or (of a person, etc) to be deprived of food
- informal.intr to be very hungry
- foll byof or for to deprive or be deprived (of something necessary), esp so as to cause suffering or malfunctioning
the engine was starved of fuel
- trfoll byinto to bring (to) a specified condition by starving
to starve someone into submission
- archaic.to be or cause to be extremely cold
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- -ٲ adjective
- -ٲiԲ adjective
- -ٲ adjective
- ܲ·ٲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of starve1
Word History and Origins
Origin of starve1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“I appeal to the warring parties: Call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace!”
One year later, our trauma not subsiding, we decided to keep the phantom bugs starving in the BB bag and buy another Rimowa.
"Call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace."
Many adult birds have been poisoned in a major toxic algae bloom, and now young birds are starving too.
“So I put everything down, except my lunchbox because I was starving, but I grabbed the four kids’ hands.”
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